Windows Thumbnail View CreateSizedDIBSECTION buffer overflow

Added: 01/14/2011 CVE: CVE-2010-3970 BID: 45662 OSVDB: 70263 Background The shimgvw.dll library is part of the Microsoft Graphics Rendering Engine. Problem A vulnerability in shimgvw.dll allows command execution when Windows renders a thumbnail image which passes a specially crafted biClrUsed...

ObjectivityDB - Lack of Authentication

ObjectivityDB - Lack of Authentication !/usr/bin/python obj.py Objectivity/DB Lack of Authentication Remote Exploit Jeremy Brown 0xjbrown41-gmail-com Jan 2011 "Objectivity, Inc. is a leader in distributed, scalable database technology. Our patented data management engine and persistent object sto...

Windows Thumbnail View CreateSizedDIBSECTION buffer overflow

Added: 01/14/2011 CVE: CVE-2010-3970 BID: 45662 OSVDB: 70263 Background The shimgvw.dll library is part of the Microsoft Graphics Rendering Engine. Problem A vulnerability in shimgvw.dll allows command execution when Windows renders a thumbnail image which passes a specially crafted biClrUsed...

Objectivity/DB Lack Of Authentication

!/usr/bin/python obj.py Objectivity/DB Lack of Authentication Remote Exploit Jeremy Brown 0xjbrown41-gmail-com Jan 2011 "Objectivity, Inc. is a leader in distributed, scalable database technology. Our patented data management engine and persistent object store is the enabling technology powering...

Google Releases Chrome 8.0.552.237

Google has released Chrome 8.0.552.237 for all platforms to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the Google Chrome Releases blog entry a...

China CERT: We Missed Report On SCADA Hole

China’s Computer Emergency Response Team CERT admitted that it missed a September e-mail message from a researcher at NSS Labs that pointed out a critical vulnerability in a commonly used SCADA Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition software package. The lapse resulted in a gap of almost four...

RIM Releases Security Advisory for BlackBerry Enterprise Server

RIM has released a security advisory to address a vulnerability in the PDF distiller of the BlackBerry attachment service for BlackBerry Enterprise Server. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and...

Microsoft Security Advisory 2488013

Microsoft Security Advisory 2488013 addresses a vulnerability in Internet Explorer. This advisory has been updated to include Microsoft Fix It 50591 that prevents the recursive loading of CSS style sheets in Internet Explorer as a mitigation for this vulnerability. Exploitation of this...

Researcher: Holes Abound in Chinese SCADA

The researcher who discovered a hole in a prominent SCADA software package used in China claims that holes in the country’s SCADA systems aren’t uncommon, and blames a lack of transparency for the vulnerabilities. A security researcher at NSS Labs who disclosed a critical vulnerability in a popul...

Microsoft Releases January Security Bulletin

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for January 2011. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the bulletin and follow...

KingView 6.53 SCADA HMI Heap Overflow

Exploit Title: KingView 6.53 SCADA HMI Heap Overflow PoC Date: 9/28/2010 Author: Dillon Beresford Software Link: http://download.kingview.com/software/kingview%20English%20Version/kingview6.53EN.rar Version: 6.53 English Tested on: Windows XP SP1 works on SP2 and SP3 will release new targets afte...

KingView 6.5.3 - SCADA HMI Heap Overflow

KingView 6.5.3 - SCADA HMI Heap Overflow Exploit Title: KingView 6.53 SCADA HMI Heap Overflow PoC Date: 9/28/2010 Author: Dillon Beresford Software Link: http://download.kingview.com/software/kingview%20English%20Version/kingview6.53EN.rar Version: 6.53 English Tested on: Windows XP SP1 works on...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 use-after-free Vulnerability

US-CERT is aware of a vulnerability affecting Microsoft Internet Explorer 8. This vulnerability is due to improper handling of circular memory references. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user or cause a denial-of-service...

Kerala Computer Emergency Response Team launches operations !

The Kerala Government has announced the launch of the Computer Emergency Response Team, Kerala CERT-K as the nodal agency for monitoring various cyber security related incidents in the State. Chief Minister Shri V S Achuthanandan formally announced the launch of operations today. The agency will...

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for January Security Bulletin

Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that its January release will contain two bulletins. These bulletins will have the severity ratings of critical and important and will be for Microsoft Windows. Release of these bulletins is scheduled for Tuesday, January 11...

Apple Releases Mac OS X v10.6.6

Apple has released Mac OS X v10.6.6 to address a vulnerability affecting PackageKit. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review Apple article HT4498 and apply any...

Microsoft Releases Security Advisory

Microsoft has released security advisory 2490606 to alert users of a vulnerability affecting the Windows Graphics Rendering Engine. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. US-CERT...

According to CERT-In : Indian sites hacked most in 2010 !

System administrators would surely want to forget the year 2010, which saw a sharp increase in the number of cyber attacks on Indian websites. According to Indian Computer Emergency Response Team CERT-In, the defacement of websites with India specific domain '.in' tripled in 2010. Around 8,864...

WordPress.org has released WordPress 3.0.4

WordPress.org has released WordPress 3.0.4 to address a vulnerability in the HTML sanitation library. Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to insert arbitrary HTML and script code into the browser session. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the WordPress.org...

CERT-In to assist Kerala to beef up Cyber Security

Recently a spate of defacements has been reported from websites pertaining to Kerala. As per the statistics available with the Computer Emergency Response Team Kerala CERT-K, as many as 40 odd websites from Kerala were hacked in the last six weeks. Random messages on social networking sites hint ...